Red Raiders or Red Wildcats?

Under the heading of “Things you’ll see only in a scrimmage,” put this scenario: Eight consecutive plays run out of the wildcat formation. Texas Tech did that during Wednesday’s intrasquad with five direct snaps in a row to running back Eric Stephens, followed by three consecutive direct snaps to running back SaDale Foster.

The longest gain out of it was a 12-yard run by Foster.

Tech coach Tommy Tuberville said there were two reasons the Red Raiders practiced plays out of that formation over and over: Wednesday, they were able to run it against the first-team defense, which offers better resistance. In practices during the season, such a scenario would unfold against scout-teamers.

That, and the offense was struggling some.

“I think that was a little bit more from the coaches on offense being discouraged about how they were moving the ball,” Tuberville said. “They said, ‘Heck with it, we’re going to line up and run the ball.’

“I know a lot of us are all for that,” Tuberville said, smiling. “To see 8 (Foster) with the ball in his hands and 24 (Stephens) and 34 (Kenny Williams). That’s going to be fun to watch if we can just keep them healthy and keep the offensive line getting better.”